Othello [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]
Director: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles , Suzanne Cloutier , Michael MacLiammoir , Robert Coote , Hilton Edwards
DVD
(Special Edition / Restored / Subtitled / Full Frame / 2 PACK)
- Release Date: 05/23/2017
- UPC: 0715515197915
- Original Release: 1952
- Rating: NR
- Region Code: 1
- Presentation: [B&W]
- Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
- Language: English
- Runtime: 11040
- Sales rank: 29,452
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Supplements
Simon Callow - In This Interview, Filmmed By The Criterion Collection In 2017, Simon Callow, Actor And Author of The Multivolume Biography Orson Welles, Discusses The Production Of Othello, Especially Welle's Relationship With Actors Miche?l MacLiamm?ir And Hilton Edwards
Ayanna Thompson - The Question Of Race Is Central To Othello. In This Interview, Filmed By The Criterion Collection In 2017, George Washington University Professor Ayanna Thompson, Author Of Passing Strange: Sheakespeare, Race And Contemporary America, Discusses The Complicated History Of White Actors Portraying Othello The Moor.
Joseph McBride - This 2014 Interview Features Joseph McBride, Author Of What Ever Happened To Orson Welles?
Fran?ois Thomas - In This Interview, Recorded By The Criterion Collection In 2017, Film Scholar Fran?ois Thomas, Coauthor Of Orson Welles At Work, Discusses The Different Versions Of Welles's Othello.
Disc #2 -- Othello (Criterion Collection) - 1955 Version
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Commentary - Recorded For The Criterion Collection In 1994, This Commentary Features Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich And Orson Welles Scholar Myron Meisel.
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Supplements
Return To Glennascaul - This 1951 Short Film Featuring Orson Welles Was Made By Actors Miche?l MacLiamm?ir And Hilton Edwards While On A Brief Hiatus From The Production Of Othello.
Souvenirs D'Othello" - This 1995 Canadian Documentary Features An Extensive Interview, In English And French, With Actor Suzanne Cloutier (Desdemona) About The Making Of Othello.
Othello - The Lost Masterpiece is a careful restoration of Orson Welles' acclaimed screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. Welles drastically abridged the Bard's text while infusing the story with his own unique vision, resulting in an exciting, fast-paced version of the classic tragedy of the Moorish general whose love for his wife is distorted into pernicious jealousy by the lies of an envious junior officer. Welles' movie was an artistic tour de force, but the technical quality was generally uneven, and in particular the film suffered from an out-of-sync soundtrack. The movie won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1952, but it failed miserably at the box office, and all high-quality prints soon disappeared. The film was rarely seen for four decades, but then a diligent search spearheaded by Welles' daughter uncovered a master negative, along with the soundtrack, in a New Jersey warehouse. Although the visual images required only relatively minor work, the soundtrack posed major difficulties, which were finally overcome by isolating the dialogue and resyncing it, while separately re-creating the music and sound effects. This restoration makes available Welles' masterpiece, with somewhat improved sound quality, to the kind of audience it always deserved.
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